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Syrian opposition leaders unite
19.3.2006
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A group of exiled Syrian
opposition leaders has announced they are to form a
common front to oppose President Bashar al-Assad's
government.
Speaking after a meeting in Brussels, former Syrian
Vice-President Abdul Halim Khaddam said all factions
agreed that the regime Damascus had to go.
He said the goal of the new grouping was to set up a
transitional government in Syria.
Mr Khaddam broke with President Assad last year,
after serving his father.
The opposition grouping includes the Muslim
Brotherhood, Kurds, liberals and communists.
The aim of the grouping, a delegate said following
the two-day meeting in Brussels, was to be ready "to
fill the void" if there were to be a collapse of the
Assad government.
Damascus has been under heavy Western pressure since
a UN investigation implicated Syrian and Lebanese
intelligence officials in 2005's assassination of
former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
Syria has denied the charges but was forced to pull
its forces out of Lebanon in the wake of the death.
www.bbc.co.uk
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